For purposes of §§ 10.1013 through 10.1025:
Adjusted value. “Adjusted value” means the value determined in accordance with Articles 1 through 8, Article 15, and the corresponding interpretative notes of the Customs Valuation Agreement, adjusted, if necessary, to exclude:
Any costs, charges, or expenses incurred for transportation, insurance and related services incident to the international shipment of the good from the country of exportation to the place of importation; and
The value of packing materials and containers for shipment as defined in paragraph (m) of this section;
Class of motor vehicles. “Class of motor vehicles” means any one of the following categories of motor vehicles:
Motor vehicles classified under subheading 8701.20, HTSUS, motor vehicles for the transport of 16 or more persons classified under subheading 8702.10 or 8702.90, HTSUS, and motor vehicles classified under subheading 8704.10, 8704.22, 8704.23, 8704.32, or 8704.90, or heading 87.05 or 87.06, HTSUS;
Motor vehicles classified under subheading 8701.10 or subheading 8701.30 through 8701.90, HTSUS;
Motor vehicles for the transport of 15 or fewer persons classified under subheading 8702.10 or 8702.90, HTSUS and motor vehicles classified under subheading 8704.21 or 8704.31, HTSUS; or
Motor vehicles classified under subheading 8703.21 through 8703.90, HTSUS;
Exporter. “Exporter” means a person who exports goods from the territory of a Party;
Fungible goods or materials. “Fungible goods or materials” means goods or materials that are interchangeable with another good or material for commercial purposes and the properties of which are essentially identical to such other good or material;
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” means the recognized consensus or substantial authoritative support in the territory of a Party, with respect to the recording of revenues, expenses, costs, assets, and liabilities, the disclosure of information, and the preparation of financial statements. These principles may encompass broad guidelines of general application as well as detailed standards, practices, and procedures;
Good. “Good” means any merchandise, product, article, or material;
Goods wholly obtained or produced entirely in the territory of one or more of the Parties. “Goods wholly obtained or produced entirely in the territory of one or both of the Parties” means:
Plants and plant products grown, and harvested or gathered, in the territory of one or both of the Parties;
Live animals born and raised in the territory of one or both of the Parties;
Goods obtained in the territory of one or both of the Parties from live animals;
Goods obtained from hunting, trapping, fishing, or aquaculture conducted in the territory of one or both of the Parties;
Minerals and other natural resources not included in paragraphs (g)(1) through (g)(4) extracted or taken from the territory of one or both of the Parties;
Fish, shellfish, and other marine life taken from the sea, seabed, or subsoil outside the territory of the Parties by:
A vessel that is registered or recorded with Korea and flying the flag of Korea; or
A vessel that is documented under the laws of the United States;
Goods produced on board factory ships from the goods referred to in paragraph (g)(6), if such factory ship:
Is registered or recorded with Korea and flies the flag of Korea; or
Is a vessel that is documented under the laws of the United States;
Goods taken by a Party or a person of a Party from the seabed or subsoil outside the territory of one or both of the Parties, provided that Party has rights to exploit such seabed or subsoil;
Goods taken from outer space, provided they are obtained by a Party or a person of a Party and not processed in the territory of a non-Party;
Waste and scrap derived from:
Manufacturing or processing operations in the territory of one or both of the Parties; or
Used goods collected in the territory of one or both of the Parties, provided such goods are fit only for the recovery of raw materials;
Recovered goods derived in the territory of one or both of the Parties from used goods, and used in the territory of one or both of the Parties in the production of remanufactured goods; and
Goods produced in the territory of one or both of the Parties exclusively from goods referred to in paragraphs (g)(1) through (g)(10) of this section, or from their derivatives, at any stage of production;
Material. “Material” means a good that is used in the production of another good, including a part or an ingredient;
Model line. “Model line” means a group of motor vehicles having the same platform or model name;
Net cost. “Net cost” means total cost minus sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service costs, royalties, shipping and packing costs, and non-allowable interest costs that are included in the total cost;
Non-allowable interest costs. “Non-allowable interest costs” means interest costs incurred by a producer that exceed 700 basis points above the applicable official interest rate on debt obligations of comparable maturities issued by the central level of government of the Party in which the producer is located;
Non-originating good or non-originating material. “Non-originating good” or “non-originating material” means a good or material, as the case may be, that does not qualify as originating under General Note 33, HTSUS, or this subpart;
Packing materials and containers for shipment. “Packing materials and containers for shipment” means the goods used to protect a good during its transportation to the United States and does not include the packaging materials and containers in which a good is packaged for retail sale;
Producer. “Producer” means a person who engages in the production of a good in the territory of a Party;
Production. “Production” means growing, mining, harvesting, fishing, breeding, raising, trapping, hunting, manufacturing, processing, assembling, or disassembling a good;
Reasonably allocate. “Reasonably allocate” means to apportion in a manner that would be appropriate under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles;
Reasonable suspicion of unlawful activity. “Reasonable suspicion of unlawful activity” means a suspicion based on relevant factual information obtained from public or private sources comprising one or more of the following:
Historical evidence of non-compliance with laws or regulations governing importations by an importer or exporter;
Historical evidence of non-compliance with laws or regulations governing importations by a manufacturer, producer, or other person involved in the movement of goods from the territory of one Party to the territory of the other Party;
Historical evidence that some or all of the persons involved in the movement from the territory of one Party to the territory of the other Party of goods within a specific product sector have not complied with a Party's laws and regulations governing importations; or
Other information that the requesting Party and the Party from whom the information is requested agree is sufficient in the context of a particular request;
Recovered goods. “Recovered goods” means materials in the form of individual parts that are the result of:
The disassembly of used goods into individual parts; and
The cleaning, inspecting, testing, or other processing that is necessary to improve such individual parts to sound working condition;
Remanufactured goods. “Remanufactured goods” means goods classified in Chapter 84, 85, 87, or 90, or under heading 9402, HTSUS, that:
Are entirely or partially comprised of recovered goods as defined in § 10.1013(r) and,
Have a similar life expectancy and enjoy a factory warranty similar to such new goods;
Royalties. “Royalties” means payments of any kind, including payments under technical assistance agreements or similar agreements, made as consideration for the use of, or right to use, any copyright, literary, artistic, or scientific work, patent, trademark, design, model, plan, secret formula or process, excluding those payments under technical assistance agreements or similar agreements that can be related to specific services such as:
Personnel training, without regard to where performed; and
If performed in the territory of one or both of the Parties, engineering, tooling, die-setting, software design and similar computer services;
Sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service costs. “Sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service costs” means the following costs related to sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service:
Sales and marketing promotion; media advertising; advertising and market research; promotional and demonstration materials; exhibits; sales conferences, trade shows and conventions; banners; marketing displays; free samples; sales, marketing, and after-sales service literature (product brochures, catalogs, technical literature, price lists, service manuals, sales aid information); establishment and protection of logos and trademarks; sponsorships; wholesale and retail restocking charges; entertainment;
Sales and marketing incentives; consumer, retailer or wholesaler rebates; merchandise incentives;
Salaries and wages, sales commissions, bonuses, benefits (for example, medical, insurance, pension), traveling and living expenses, membership and professional fees, for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service personnel;
Recruiting and training of sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service personnel, and after-sales training of customers' employees, where such costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer;
Product liability insurance;
Office supplies for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service of goods, where such costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer;
Telephone, mail and other communications, where such costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer;
Rent and depreciation of sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service offices and distribution centers;
Property insurance premiums, taxes, cost of utilities, and repair and maintenance of sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service offices and distribution centers, where such costs are identified separately for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales service of goods on the financial statements or cost accounts of the producer; and
Payments by the producer to other persons for warranty repairs;
Self-produced material. “Self-produced material” means an originating material that is produced by a producer of a good and used in the production of that good;
Shipping and packing costs. “Shipping and packing costs” means the costs incurred in packing a good for shipment and shipping the good from the point of direct shipment to the buyer, excluding the costs of preparing and packaging the good for retail sale;
Total cost. “Total cost” means all product costs, period costs, and other costs for a good incurred in the territory of one or both of the Parties. Product costs are costs that are associated with the production of a good and include the value of materials, direct labor costs, and direct overhead. Period costs are costs, other than product costs, that are expensed in the period in which they are incurred, such as selling expenses and general and administrative expenses. Other costs are all costs recorded on the books of the producer that are not product costs or period costs, such as interest. Total cost does not include profits that are earned by the producer, regardless of whether they are retained by the producer or paid out to other persons as dividends, or taxes paid on those profits, including capital gains taxes;
Used. “Used” means utilized or consumed in the production of goods; and
Value. “Value” means the value of a good or material for purposes of calculating customs duties or for purposes of applying this subpart.